Hi All,
I just signed up here and have been reading various post. For years I have been using just a dry transfer
method of making PCB by printing the image on normal laserjet paper using a LaserJet5L printer. I then
using a clothes iron to iron the image onto a scrubbed copper board. I put water on the paper and mostly
steam off the paper with the iron. The results are fair so I have been looking at better ways to do this without
lots of photo chemicals. In searching I ran across this site which has a these film transfer sheets.
http://www.pulsar.gs (also www.dynaart.com)
In doing a web search I ran across a web-site that had a really negative review of these sheets claiming they
melt in a laser printer.. This would be bad.. Some post here indicate people here are using them with
good results..
My couple of questions are :
1. Do they really work and how well ? The claim of .006 seems pretty out there for this type of system.
I would be happy with .030 results.
2. Is their "EQUIPMENT" Fab In A Box package system of a laminator, Break/shear, and a drill press a
good deal and do they work ? I have been using a Large drill press for years which seems to work but
is bulky. I have been using a bandsaw to cut the boards but it really dulls the blades. A thought on the small
drill press would be to modify it for CNC down the road. Their "modified" laminator is $30 more than the
same one from Officemax (or so it appears). If the "Mod" worth it ? Does anyone here have web pointers
to the same type of equipment but cheaper.
I read in a previous post that someone was wanting to build a better agitator tank.
I have been using an older version of this agitator tank for etching the boards.
http://store.yahoo.com/webtronics/lowcosettans.htmlIt has worked well for me. It looks like the newer version has a hood and is sealed better
then the one I have.
Thanks in advanced,
Tom G :)